EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
liked; found pleasing...
to be weakened; to become weak...
to get separated (unintentionally)...
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FIL: Isang bagay, tao, o pangyayari na naging kalugod-lugod o kaaya-aya sa panlasa o damdamin ng isang tao.
EN: liked; found pleasing
The feeling you get when the Shopee parcel is exactly what you expected. It's the 'sana all' moment but directed at a thing, not a relationship. When you see your crush and your friend asks, 'Type mo?' and you just smile. Yun na yun, **nagustuhan** mo.
From Spanish 'gusto' (taste, pleasure), with Tagalog affixation 'na-' and '-han'.
ROOT MEANING: to want; to like
Object-focused verb. The subject of the sentence is the one who likes, and the object is what is liked. The actor is marked by 'ko/mo/niya' and the object is marked by 'ang'.
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🇵🇭 Nagustuhan ko ang luto ng nanay mo.
🇺🇸 I liked your mother's cooking.
🇵🇭 Talaga bang nagustuhan niya ang regalo ko?
🇺🇸 Did he/she really like my gift?
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